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• How Apple became Samsung, and why Steve might have approved

  13-03-2016 23:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  With the impending launch of a smaller iPhone and a new iPad, Apple is no longer making painful sacrifices at the altar of simplicity.
  
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• Apple's biggest problem is a marketing problem - CNET

  13-03-2016 21:00 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: In its fight with the FBI, Apple has to persuade the public to care about something it's not shown much inclination to care about before.
  
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• Checking in: SXSW apologizes after telling Olympic fencer to remove hijab - CNET

  13-03-2016 20:40 via cnet.com
  
  Even a free-spirited gathering like South By Southwest has its diversity struggles. And something as mundane as badge registration brings it to the forefront.
  
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• Germanwings crash: New rules needed for pilot health issues

  13-03-2016 20:09
  
  LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Seeking to ensure that suicidal pilots can't crash their jets, French authorities investigating last year's Germanwings crash are urging new reporting requirements for doctors treating pilots, and new measures to keep pilots from hiding mental health issues.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S7's one flaw: It still runs Android - CNET

  13-03-2016 19:41 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: There's only one thing wrong with the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge: They don't run Apple's iOS.
  
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• This is what it was like to send an email in 1984

  13-03-2016 18:44
  
  This will certainly put all your tech woes into perspective.
  
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• SNL mocks Tidal streaming service as incompetent - CNET

  13-03-2016 18:11 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: When the Britney Spears stream is about to die, Ariana Grande is co-opted to save the day. It turns out to be an "Undercover Boss" episode.
  
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• What investigators found about Germanwings pilot suicide

  13-03-2016 16:36
  
  LE BOURGET, France (AP) — French air accident investigators spent a year analyzing remains and interviewing experts about how and why Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz intentionally crashed a passenger jet into the French Alps, committing suicide and killing 149 others. Here are some key findings from the investigation agency BEA:
  
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• Florida sheriff says he'll jail 'rascal' Tim Cook - CNET

  13-03-2016 16:30 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says that in his county, if Apple refused to obey a court order, he'd take very simple action.
  
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• The Latest: French urge more open medical system for pilots

  13-03-2016 16:08
  
  LE BOURGET, France (AP) — The Latest on the French air accident report on the 2015 Germanwings plane crash (all times local):
  
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• Federal regulations have a long way to go before self-driving cars hit roads - Roadshow

  13-03-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The current cluster%$#& of automotive regulation is not quite ready to meet the challenges of the 21st century, according to a new NHTSA study.
  
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• Human Go champion scores 1st win over machine after 3 losses

  13-03-2016 13:01
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A champion Go player scored his first win over a Go-playing computer program on Sunday after losing three straight times in the ancient Chinese board game, saying he finally found weaknesses in the software.
  
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• Germanwings crash: French urge better health reporting rules

  13-03-2016 13:01
  
  LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Aviation agencies around the world should draw up new rules requiring medical workers to warn authorities when a pilot's mental health could threaten public safety, French investigators recommended Sunday in their report on the Germanwings plane crash.
  
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• Local vs. cloud camera storage -- What you need to know - CNET

  13-03-2016 13:00 via cnet.com
  
  Video storage is a good place to start your hunt for the perfect home security camera.
  
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• Cyberwar, out of the shadows (Q&A) - CNET

  13-03-2016 13:00 via cnet.com
  
  Author Fred Kaplan details how the US has quietly amassed the power to hack the world but has failed to create a plan for deterring similar attacks on US soil.
  
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• Human scores first win over AlphaGo

  13-03-2016 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Go master Lee Se-dol wins a game against Google's AlphaGo program, after losing three in a row in a best-of-five competition
  
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• ​DeepMind AlphaGo beatable as Go grandmaster rallies to win fourth match

  13-03-2016 10:38 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Machine's complete victory? Not so fast. In the closest game so far, South Korean Go champion Lee Se-dol rallied in the fourth match to clinch a win against DeepMind's Artificial Intelligence (AI) AlphaGo.
  
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• Technologies Apple has killed video - CNET

  13-03-2016 09:50 via cnet.com
  
  The rumor mill says Apple will kill the headphone jack on the next iPhone. See what else Apple has killed off right here.
  
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• North Korea denies cyber attacks on South Korea officials

  13-03-2016 08:28
  North Korea on Sunday denied that it conducted cyber attacks against officials from rival South Korea, calling the South's accusation that it did so a "fabrication". South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on Friday that North Korea had recently stepped up cyber attack efforts against the South and succeeded in hacking the mobile phones of 40 national security officials, according to members of parliament who received a closed-door briefing. "The South is claiming the North's cyber attack and us
  
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• China's electric cars sales to double in 2016: minister

  13-03-2016 06:38
  China's production and sale of electric cars will more than double this year, the industry minister said on Sunday. More than 300,000 electric cars were sold in China last year, Miao Wei, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology told reporters on the sidelines of the annual meeting of parliament on Sunday. The reliability, mileage and lifespan of electric batteries needs improvement and China needs to speed up the installation of electric car charging stations, Miao said.
  
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• Little impact from online abuse summit

  13-03-2016 05:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At South by Southwest Interactive, an inaugural summit is trying to tackle issues around online harassment.
  
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• India's Micromax, once a rising star, struggles

  13-03-2016 02:30
  By Himank Sharma MUMBAI (Reuters) - A year ago, Micromax vaulted past Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to become India's leading smartphone brand. Today, its market share has nearly halved, several top executives have resigned, and the company is looking for growth outside India. In Micromax's slide to second place is a tale of the promise and peril of India's booming but hyper-competitive smartphone industry.
  
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